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  • FUTURES

Goodbye, Howard Henning

A form of control.
By
  1. John E. Stith

    1. John E. Stith’s novels include Redshift Rendezvous, a Nebula Award finalist, and Manhattan Transfer. His latest novel is Pushback, a finalist for the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.

The numbers 2114B and 18083 burst out of a starfield

Illustration by Jacey

The day the visitor from the future arrived was remarkably clear. Harold could see all the way to Alcatraz and beyond from his office on the 29th floor.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02018-9

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